Local privilege escalation via unchecked address translation state
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Incorrect privilege assignment in BOOM v3 and v4 NBDTLB allows local users to escalate privileges through invalid memory permissions. At commit 5223e44cfeb26f41380057a2eb4d651197475f69, read and write checks consume raw mstatus.SUM without validating that satp.MODE enables address translation. Exploitation requires a privileged transition that leaves mstatus.SUM set while satp.MODE is zero, enabling privilege escalation or protected-memory disclosure.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect privilege assignment in BOOM v3 and v4 NBDTLB allows local users to escalate privileges through invalid memory permissions. At commit 5223e44cfeb26f41380057a2eb4d651197475f69, read and write checks consume raw mstatus.SUM without validating that satp.MODE enables address translation. Exploitation requires a privileged transition that leaves mstatus.SUM set while satp.MODE is zero, enabling privilege escalation or protected-memory disclosure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-67846
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-266, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- BOOM NBDTLB ProcessorFuzz verification projectproof of concept · unverified
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